Pieter Schuyler (1657 - 1724)

Born 17 Sep 1657 in Beverwyck, New Netherland

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (van Rensselaer) Schuyler — married 14 Sep 1691 in Albany, Albany, New York

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1724 at age 66 in Rensselaerswyck, Albany County, Province of New York

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Biography

Pieter Schuyler is Notable.

Pieter Schuyler was a son of Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Margarita Van Schlichtenhorst, settlers in Beverwyck, New Netherland (later Albany, New York).^[1]

Pieter Schuyler was recorded in Albany, New York, in 1674, on the guest list for the funeral of Jeremiah van Rensselaer.

When Albany was incorporated as a city on 22 July 1686, Pieter Schuyler became the city's first mayor. He served as mayor until 1694. ^[1]

[1]^[2]Many New Yorkers were cheating the revenue laws by smuggling, some of them sent out ships to trade with pirates for stolen goods, and some of them became pirates themselves. One of the privateers was Captain William Kidd, later hanged in England after being convicted of piracy. Kidd used some of his wealth to build a fine home and helped establish the first Trinity Church[2]. Other financiers of piracy were Frederick Philipse, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Peter Schuyler, and Thomas Willet.

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1684 Oct 05 Philippus - of Pieter Schuyler. Witnesses: father, Arent Schuyler, Levinus Van Schayk. By Margaretha Schuyler. ^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB

Schuyler is the surname that first appears in church records for Pieter, at the baptism of his son Philippus. Quackenbush-118 08:44, 29 October 2017 (EDT)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pieter Schuyler, New Netherland Institute website. Accessed 2 Feb 2022.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Fletcher
3. ↑ Year Book Holland Soc. NY: 1904, Page 34

• Bielinski, Stefan. "The People of Colonial Albany." nysm.nysed.gov/albany. Accessed 29 Oct 2017. http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov//albany/bios/s/pischuyler61.html
• Year Book of the Holland Society of New York
• Early New Netherland Settlers, by Robert Gordon Clarke http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rclarke/genealogy/page1/staets.htm
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13264099/peter-phillipse-schuyler : accessed 28 August 2021), memorial page for Col Peter Phillipse Schuyler (17 Sep 1657–19 Feb 1724), Find A Grave: Memorial #13264099, citing Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Gregory Speciale (contributor 31762373) .
• British National Archives (Kew) High Court of Admiralty
• Kierner, Cynthia A. Traders and Gentlefolk: The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992. Page 40
• Wikipedia: Pieter Schuyler
• Williams, Stephen. What Befell Stephen Williams In His Captivity (Deerfield, Mass., 1889) Page 16 & Page 33